To list Old MySql
yum list installed | grep -i mysql
To remove Old MySql
yum remove mysql mysql-*
Remi Dependency on CentOS 6 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6
rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm
Install MySQL server
yum --enablerepo=remi,remi-test install mysql mysql-server
To list New MySql
yum list installed | grep -i mysql
start MySql server
/etc/init.d/mysqld start
## use restart after update
OR
service mysqld start
## use restart after update
chkconfig --levels 235 mysqld on
Last
mysql_upgrade -u root -p
Now my MySql version is 5.5.32
Ref:
http://www.webtatic.com/packages/mysql55/
http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/install-mysql-on-fedora-centos-red-hat-rhel/
Hope it help some one